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Nitpick: 320x200 in 256colors is a standard VGA mode, but what Abrash came up with was "Mode X" - which added a higher resolution (320x240), 1:1 square pixels(!
by 0x0 8y ago
Nitpick: 320x200 in 256colors is a standard VGA mode, but what Abrash came up with was "Mode X" - which added a higher resolution (320x240), 1:1 square pixels(!), and doublebuffering. There were also even higher resolutions available based on the same concept (up to at least 360x480) by (others?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_X
https://web.archive.org/web/20160425075841/http://www.gameprogrammer.com/3-tweak.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160425075841/http://www.gamepr...